Abstract
The focal shift effect in converging spherical waves diffracted by circular apertures is analysed, based on a geometrical interpretation of the mathematical expressions taken from scalar wave theory. The approach leads to a quasi-exact formula for the axial complex amplitude without the need for calculating any integral. The procedures can naturally be extended to image-forming instruments and an application to a single-lens system is also presented.
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